Lexington Elementary

Lexington Elementary is a very small elementary-level community in Los Gatos, California, operated by Los Gatos Union Elementary. The school caters to 174 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 63% leaner than typical.

Lexington Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Los Gatos Union Elementary, a district that works with 2,775 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Lexington Elementary records that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 15% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 12% Asian, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, Lexington Elementary shows 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Santa Clara County's rate of about 37%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lexington Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 76.4%, the actual is 82.7%, a residual of +6.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Santa Clara County indicate the typical household earns roughly $164,281 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Santa Clara County runs 412 public schools (combined enrollment of about 230,059 students), of which Lexington Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lakeside Elementary, around 1.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lexington Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 71.9%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lexington Elementary has expanded 15%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 174 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.6:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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